Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-28

Pew Philosophical Remarks "n the
Nsriau, Grades Of Barber shops.

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Nsri"u, TRADES nF Barber shops.
read an essay recently om the inside Of a
valued exchange On the subject uf economy,
which greatly Interested me Ii related t"
the great expenses which really aggregated
from little ones. and dealt with ne matter OF
daily papers, hontbiack>, shaving expenses,
baths, etc, and showed ho" millions of the
peoples money were Annually squsndered i'll
this way that ought to 30 towards huring
looks The article set me to thinking. and |
resolved to investigate 1t wr~ more e>i,e-
rially taken with the iiea of eNlruvuganr" IN
the matter OF bari--I> and harl,.r shops. You
ran 20 10 gorgeous shop and pay fifteen
cents and tap Tor shave, "r Yea can -
where YOU can avoid the tip, or you can Z" to
ten cent shop, ar YOU can gel shaved on tine
Bowery for five cents. OF YOU can ignore the
whole business and let the wind blow through
your whiskers.
La>t week | wss Thunderstorm when |
found how much could be saved by changing
from a fifteen cent barber 10 a five cent bar
ber and keeping it up for wear Counting
;aD dayS a a fair estimate ot the number on
which would he apt 10 shave found that
10y this change could have al the end Of the
year so, with which 10 buy huoAs or cross
barred trousers or any other means Of intel
leCtual impro' ement which | might choose.
| could buy one Of thn~, expensive books that
Nj DE Lux occasionally gets out, or | could
hear Patti or buy small vet fragrant dog
foI SO. / could also buy myself some more
hair OF get my teeth flied | could take q
classical course on the hanJo " buy AL inter
est III bird dog with so.
But | wanted. more than ANYTHING else to
get more books ] wanted a new photograph
album most Of all. An album with illi~trs-
tions in IL, 10 lay ON the psrlor table and ex-
plain to strangers IN low, passionate tones. Is
a r~rsr ending source OF pleasure 10 the
thinking mind. When a frontiSpiece showing
the proprietor As he looked with side whisk.rs,
aud later, view where he was photographed
with chin whiSker, and holding u war time
plug hat in his swollen hands: with Il picture
ol grandmother holding bible as though il
might lie glass bomb, and a front view OF
a slghtir~s child that makes up for its total
absence Of ewes by introducing a soul stirring
mouth that would make golden haired bail
Of North Carolina butter turn white in
single night. With all these little specimens
ci plastic art. often think that photograph
album will do more toward entertaining a
mlNed company than any other literary work
with which | am familiar.
So went into a low priced barber shop a
week ago and iegan TO save $50 for the pur-
pose Of adding 10 my library | soon dis
coveted that in five cent barber shop YOU
get less consideration and a lower grade of
lather up your nose than else
| i.siieve that the man who shaves YOU for
FIVE cents makes his own soap. Possibly he
works up some of his fatt-st ,atrons that
way. Anyhow, the soap he Uses smells badly
and tastes worse than any soap have ever
participated in. AT this price Of shave Ole
saves financially, but he loses cutsneouSly
The chair | sat in was not Il good easy
chair, and the spiral springs in it occasionally
had Ia come TO the surface FOR more air
became very much attached TO one of these
springs. and the ten cents | saved on the
shave had To pay tailor down town who
trephined my troUser. for me-
The chair was also mentally a wreck, and
its memory was failing, | thought. Just a.
would relax my mus les and close INV eve-
this lettering Old chair would forget itself,
and the Worn out trigger that held the head
rest would slip about nine coss Then with
low death rattle il would fall about foot
and disturb nv intellectual faculties You
csn get shaved quicker for five cents than
you can for fifteen, hut the towels are more
clammy and the bay rum is rather more Of a
chestnut judge.
Suffice ii that | am not going 20 continue
the course of economy that had inaugursred
for the year. for | am opposed t. the hoard
ing and accumulation OF Il surplus. Money
is tending too much toward Capitalization
any way, and do not want to encourage il.
While / NAV not be able 10 secure the books
which contemplated buying with NV say
ings.1 can visit the chamber Of horrors at
the MuSee aud improve my mind in such ways
by actual observation.
. We do not get all our education from books.
We may easily obtain many refining and Ell
nobling ideas from other sources than the
musty TONES which decorate the shelves of
our libraries.
One OF the brainieSt men / ever knew, il
may lie allowed the temporary use OF that
term. q man too who had succeeded in smas,-
ing quite fortune a result Of native
shrewdneSs and knowledge Of human nature,
once admitted 10 me IN a sudden burst Of con
tidence, inspired perhaps by too much wine,
that he had never read either of my books
And Vet he had concealed this gross ignor-
ance for five years and amassed fortune
While this i a sad commentary on American
galvanized illiterscy, it still shows that a man
may be almost criminally ignorant in this
country and yet acquire scads.-New York
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